Fuck yeah! 3 songs...just under 50 minutes. If you haven't heard YOB, now is a good time. It's heavy driving doom that slays and punishes the whole time. Those that have seen or heard YOB only know the kind of heaviness they possess. Mike's vocals are incredible- the high range and the vibrato sends across a message that is a fine spot between King Buzzo and Rob Halford with a twist of hardcore growls Mike Patton style. Great long intro and simple clean guitars...then it breaks out of nowhere with heaviness. It pummels your brain into mush while your fists and head will bang without missing a beat. It gives you the sort of impact Jerusalem does, but way more extremities. Check out the latest from YOB- fans of hard rock, metal, and doom will dig it. Get it if you like all that is heavy- Sleep, Melvins, and High on Fire. I can't stop listening to YOB over and over.

It must be something in the Pacific Northwest water that makes for uncanny and unpretentious metal of righteous fashion. Fans are still cowering in the aftermath of what used to be Sleep (hail - rock on High on Fire!). However, the rising mighty that is Portland's YOB come blazing forth with a record of such gargantuan status that it will leave you a mere spec of doom ooze just waiting (more like begging) for another dose. Catharsis is the label debut from this three-piece that is sure to find its way to the hearts of doom and rock fans world-over. Vocalist/guitarist Mike Sheidt is truly a man possessed. His demon-enticed delivery on each of the album's meaty tracks single-handedly makes this a band to watch as doom's new gods. And the pleasure does not stop there.

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